Blogs from Drenthe, Netherlands, Europe - page 2

'We will aim to leave by 8.30am' was Aunty Margareth's words last night and what time did I wake up??? 8.22am! Whoops! I think by the time every body had finally gotten up and was ready we were having our morning coffee at 10.30. We Skyped Mum and Dad Bangma and got a screen kiss from Jodie when she said goodnight! Today's main outting was to Bourtange. It was quite cool seeing the history of the Fortress and what has happened to it over the years. Bourtange is shaped like a big pentagonal star and over the years has had extensions added onto it. We went into a Jewish Synogoge, the Captain's house, the Museum where they have excavated items over the years and a short film about the history of Bourtange (Aunty Margareth and Uncle ... read more

6.30am came around with a rude awakening of a lovely lady telling us to get up and that we would be docking at about 8.20am! After being on of the last people to get off the boat and going through 'customs' we jumped onto the train to Rotterdam Central Train Station. We went and asked at the information stand about getting to Coevorden and the lady laughed at me because apparently my pronunciation was not very good! Got the instructions then went had to wait for an hour, we were getting hungry by then but not a single place in any train station seemed to accept credit cards (Steve thinks it is because the Dutchies will need to be charged a transaction fee and they can't have that!). Had a few dramas with disruptions on the ... read more

De plannen! Ik ga samen met mijn grote broer naar Spanje! daar ga ik samen met hem in 1 van zijn kroegen werken! de planning is om 10-07-2011 te vertrekken! ik zal vanaf Assen vertrekken samen met mijn ouders richting schiphol! Hier komt mijn broer dan ook en zal hij 1 van de auto's die mijn ouders mee nemen overnemen en HERE WE GO! een lange reis voor de boeg dus met een hoop energydrink eindelijk mijn auto eens laten zien wat kilometers zijn! Het zal 15 uur rijden zijn zonder rare tegenvallers:P natuurlijk gaan wij niet 15 uur reizen want grote broer heeft al lang in het vliegtuig gezeten maar we proberen in parijs een hotel te regelen om lekker bij te tanken! De volgende dag weer optijd in onze waggies en verder touren! muziekje, ... read more

So only 11 days left before we are heading to the great Russia for the start of our Big Trip. We are doing the last prepartions now! Here we will post our travelexperiences, so you can follow us on our journey! We also have a dutch site, so most of the info is there. But we will keep you posted if you want to travel with us! Jorin and Sylvia... read more

Hi all from Schoonebeek. Here we sit at Uncle Albert’s & Auntie Margareth’s house. This morning was lovely weather so we went with Oom Arjen on his boat around the waters of Friesland. There were lots of sailing boats on the water as there was a large sailing race on. Jaz, you would love it here - so much water and heaps of sailing boats (Daniel’s got heaps of pictures for you). We were out on the water for a couple of hours and had a great time. We saw quite a few house boats (like an actual house on a boat - see the picture). After we came back Tante Anna had a yummy hot lunch for us and then we went out into the town (as Tante Anna was entertaining 19 guests from church). ... read more